The Bubi people (also known as Bobe, Voove, Ewota and Bantu Bubi) are a Bantu ethnic group of Central Africa who are indigenous to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Once the majority group in the region, the population experienced a sharp decline …

The Bubi people, also known as Voove, Bobes, Boobes, Boobees, Adeejahs, Adijas, Ediyas, Eris, Fernando Poans, Fernandians, and Bantu Speaking Bubi, are an African ethnic matriarchal group, members of the Bantu group, who are indigenous to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

2023年3月26日 · These courageous people journeyed southeast, ultimately settling on the breathtaking shores of what is now southern Cameroon or northern Gabon. Over time, they formed a tapestry of unique sub-tribes while residing in this region.

The Bubi, unlike the other ethnic groups of the country, are a matrilineal society, wherein children inherit property from their mother. Early contacts with Europeans decimated the Bubi until only a few thousand remained early in the…

2024年6月28日 · The Bubi people are the indigenous inhabitants of Bioko Island, one of the main islands of Equatorial Guinea. They are believed to be descendants of Bantu migrants from the mainland. Unlike the other ethnic groups in the country, the Bubi have a unique matrilineal society where children inherit property from their mothers.

Bubi people, numbering perhaps 40,000, are indigenous to the island of Bioko, where they were once in the majority. Farmers and traders, Bubi resisted the grabbing of land and pressures to work on Spanish and Fernandino cocoa plantations.

The Bubi people (also known as Bobe, Voove, Ewota) are a Bantu ethnic group of Central Africa who are indigenous to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. The name Bubi comes from the word "Boobe" meaning "Man."

Bubi, an estimated two-thirds of their population, were tortured, executed, beaten to death in labor camps, or managed to escape the island. Macias Nguema was executed during a 1979 coup by his nephew, current President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Many Bubi today who fled Macias Nguema's murderous regime live in exile in Spain. Returning home to ...

2021年4月12日 · This particular group drew my eye because, despite inhabiting a tiny island off the western coast of the continent and in spite of numbering only 100,000 people (64,000 on Bioko Island), a shockingly large number of African Americans have, at least partially, traced their ancestry to the Bubi.

2024年9月27日 · These rites are fundamental to maintaining the Bubi people’s connection to their ancestors, their land and their cultural identity. Sepa Bonaba’s detailed ethnographic work provides an in-depth analysis of ritual, its symbolic meanings and its relevance in …